List of Famous people named William

Name William is among the most common names in USA, England, Brazil, Canada, France, Australia. Shortened forms: Bill, Billy, Will, Willie. Similar names: Bill, Billy, Will, Willie, Willam, Wiliam. Here are some famous Williams:

William Anselm Studdert

First Name William
Last Name Studdert
Born on June 29, 1909 (age 116)
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William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer

First Name William
Last Name Latimer
Born on March 24, 1330
Died on May 28, 1381 (aged 51)

William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer, KG was an English noble, soldier and diplomat. After serving in France and for the household of Edward III, he was impeached during the Good Parliament of 1376, the earliest recorded impeachment in the Parliament of England.

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William Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers

First Name William
Last Name Ferrers
Born on February 28, 1333
Died on January 8, 1371 (aged 37)

William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby (1333–1371) was a Leicestershire-based nobleman in fourteenth-century England who took part in some of the major campaigns of the first part of the Hundred Years' War. The eldest of two sons to Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 1343), he was ten years old when he succeeded his father to the Barony.

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William Clayton

First Name William
Last Name Clayton
Born on January 1, 1718
Died on July 3, 1783 (aged 65)

William Clayton of Harleyford Manor, near Great Marlow was an English politician.

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William Franklin

First Name William
Last Name Franklin
Born on February 22, 1730
Died on January 1, 1813 (aged 82)

William Franklin was an American-born attorney, soldier, politician, and colonial administrator. He was the acknowledged illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin. William Franklin was the last colonial Governor of New Jersey (1763–1776), and a steadfast Loyalist throughout the American Revolutionary War.

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William Anselm Studdert, Jr.

First Name William
Last Name Jr.
Born on September 17, 1938 (age 87)
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William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton

First Name William
Last Name Milton
Born on July 27, 1839
Died on January 17, 1877 (aged 37)

William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton MP was a British nobleman, explorer, and Liberal Party politician.

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William Edwin Cotton Fell

First Name William
Last Name Fell
Born on July 7, 1818 (age 207)
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William Stuart, 9th Lord Blantyre

First Name William
Last Name Blantyre
Died on January 16, 1776
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William Innes, 15th of that Ilk

First Name William
Last Name Ilk
Died on March 31, 1565
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